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November 25, 2009    
Public Comment Period for FWS Climate Strategy Extended Through Nov. 30
 
November 25, 2009    
Interior to Develop New Tribal Consultation Policy
 
November 20, 2009    
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Recommendations for the Oregon Lower Snake River Compensation Plan Hatcheries
 
November 19, 2009    
Comment Period Reopened on Proposal to List Two Hawaiian Damselfly Species as Endangered
 
November 18, 2009    
Ivory Traffickers Nabbed in International Sting Operation
 
November 12, 2009    
Hanford National Monument Temporary Closures
 
November 11, 2009 Image Available    
Brown Pelican Populations Recovered, Removed from Endangered Species List
 
November 6, 2009    
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Annual List of Candidates for Endangered Species Act
 
November 6, 2009    
Columbia River Basin Lamprey Technical Workgroup Hosts Translocation Workshop
 
November 6, 2009    
Celebration Event to Welcome the Return of the Nisqually Estuary to be held at
 
November 4, 2009    
Salmon to Enter Taneum Creek Watershed for the First Time in More than a Century
 
November 4, 2009    
Eight New Moth Species Discovered in Papahānaumokuākea
 
October 28, 2009    
Grizzly Bear Shooting Under Investigation
 
October 28, 2009    
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Continues to Seek Northern Leopard Frog Information
 
October 27, 2009    
Conservation Efforts to Proceed for Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel on Private Lands in Adams County, Idaho
 
October 26, 2009    
Papahānaumokuākea Islands Mostly Spared by Tropical Storm Neki
 
October 22, 2009    
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Polar Bear Critical Habitat
 
October 21, 2009    
FWS Initiates Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Two Maui Nui National Wildlife Refuges
 
October 19, 2009    
Native Worlds Photographic Exhibit Makes United States Debut At Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
 
October 15, 2009    
German National Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Coral from the Philippines
 
October 8, 2009    
Comment Period on Draft Safe Harbor Agreement Reopened for 30 Days
 
October 7, 2009    
Celebrating National Wildife Refuge Week with Sunset Wildlife Tours
 
October 6, 2009    
Birdwatching's Most Sedentary Event!
 
October 6, 2009    
Pacific Region Hires Science Leader for Climate Change Initiative
 
October 2, 2009    
Mid-Columbia National Wildlife Refuges Education Center & Headquarters Grand Opening
 
October 1, 2009    
Slickspot Peppergrass to be Listed as Threatened throughout its Range
 
September 30, 2009    
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Restores Coastal Habitat Using Recovery Act Funds
 
September 29, 2009    
Service Seeks Public Comment on Post Delisting Monitoring of Brown Pelicans
 
September 24, 2009    
Columbia National Wildlife Refuge To Host Youth Hunt for Canada Goose, Duck, and Coot
 
September 23, 2009    
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge To Hold 17th Annual Open House on October 17
 
September 23, 2009    
Celebrate 100 years of Conservation and the Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge
 
September 23, 2009    
Service Releases Climate Change Strategy for Public Review and Comment
 
September 22, 2009    
Plan to Recover Nation's Most Endangered Waterfowl Released
 
September 22, 2009    
Draft Economic Analysis of Critical Habitat Proposal for Oregon Chub Released for Public Comment, Public Hearing Announced
 
September 21, 2009    
Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge Offers Free Admission
 
September 21, 2009    
Grants Benefit Wetlands and Other Bird Habitat
 
September 17, 2009    
Unveiling the Secrets of a Mystery Island
 
September 17, 2009    
Threat to geese in Willamette Valley leads to pesticide civil penalties
 
September 16, 2009    
Salmon migration mystery explored on Idaho's Clearwater River
 
September 16, 2009    
Bliss Rapids Snail to Remain on Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
 
September 10, 2009    
Improved Eagle Management Program Helps to Incorporate Scientific Data, Identify Information Gaps
 
September 10, 2009    
Milkvetch Warrants Endangered Species Act Protection
 
September 10, 2009    
Hanford Reach National Monument Wahluke Slope Area Closure
 
September 1, 2009    
Oregon Governor's Fund for the Environment Grants Available For Restoration Projects
 
August 27, 2009    
New Video Game Takes Kids Outside
 
August 26, 2009    
Information Requested on Petition to List the Black-Footed Albatross as Threatened or Endangered
 
August 25, 2009    
Fish Habitat Benefits from Nearly $3 Million in Funding
 
August 25, 2009    
Little White Salmon National Fish Hatchery Receives Recovery Act Funds
 
August 18, 2009    
Federal Wetlands Mapping Standard Approved
 
August 18, 2009    
Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Reviews for 29 Species
 
August 18, 2009    
Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery Complex Named 2009 Hatchery of the Year
 
August 11, 2009    
Celebrate Fall at a National Wildlife Refuge Near You
 
August 10, 2009    
Pacific Lamprey Conservation Meeting for the Mid-Columbia River Basin The Dalles Region
 
August 10, 2009    
Pacific Lamprey Conservation Meeting for the Mid-Columbia River Basin Walla Walla and Umatilla Region
 
August 6, 2009    
New Information Sought for Mountain Whitefish in the Big Lost River, Idaho
 
August 4, 2009    
Enjoy Fall at a National Wildlife Refuge
 
August 3, 2009    
Greenwing Day At McNary National Wildlife Refuge
 
July 31, 2009    
Liberal Season Proposed for Upcoming Late Waterfowl Season
 
July 31, 2009    
Prison Sentence for Cosco Busan pilot
 
July 31, 2009    
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Embarks on Planning Process
 
July 30, 2009    
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Changes in Senior Leadership Team
 
July 28, 2009    
Two Endangered Plants in Oregon's Agate Desert Proposed for Critical Habitat Protection
 
July 27, 2009    
Rare Fossils Discovered at Pearl Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
 
July 23, 2009    
Public Comment Solicited on Proposed Agreement to Conserve Greater Sage-Grouse in West-Central Idaho
 
July 22, 2009    
Guam National Wildlife Refuge Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan Released for Public Review and Comment
 
July 21, 2009    
Draft Safe Harbor Agreement Released for Public Review
 
July 20, 2009    
Pacific Lamprey Conservation Meetings Scheduled for July Across the Pacific Northwest
 
July 16, 2009    
Fisheries Friends Groups Embrace National Partnership
 
July 16, 2009    
Interior Withdraws Legally Flawed Plan for Oregon Forests, Presses For Sustainable Timber Harvests
 
July 16, 2009    
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes to Remove ESA Protection For Utah Valvata Snail
 
July 15, 2009    
Birdwatchers No Featherweights in Contributions to Economy
 
July 14, 2009    
Utility Giant to Pay Millions for Eagle Protection
 
July 9, 2009    
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Chooses Blue Sky for Renewable Energy Commitment
 
July 8, 2009    
Two Hawaiian Damselfly Species Proposed for Federal Protection
 
July 7, 2009    
Port Blakely Tree Farms, Federal and State Agencies Sign Agreements to Protect Owl and Murrelet Habitat
 
June 30, 2009    
Northern Leopard Frog in West May Warrant Federal Protection
 
June 30, 2009    
Mid-Columbia National Wildlife Refuges Issue Fire Prevention Order
 
June 29, 2009    
Puget Sound Energy - Crystal Mountain Oil Spill Draft - Restoration Plan Available for Public Comment
 
June 19, 2009    
Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Proposals from States for 2010 Endangered Species Grants
 
June 18, 2009    
Explore Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge by Canoe or Kayak
 
June 17, 2009    
Marbled Murrelet Remains Threatened
 
June 17, 2009    
Timber Management Company Owner Sentenced to Prison for Cutting Down Eagle Nest Tree
 
June 11, 2009    
Secretary Salazar Announces more than $30 Million for Wetlands Grants for Migratory Waterfowl
 
June 9, 2009    
Secretary Salazar Announces Boating Grants to 28 States to Help Keep Waterways Clean, Over $2.5 Million for Pacific Region States
 
June 5, 2009    
Public Given Additional Time to Comment on Proposal to Remove Hawaiian Hawk from Endangered Species List
 
June 3, 2009    
New Management Planning Process to Begin at Columbia National Wildlife Refuge
 
June 2, 2009    
Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge to Celebrate 100 Years of Working Together for Wildlife at Centennial Festival
 
May 29, 2009    
Investigation Into Cause Of Cow Death In Okanogan County Inconclusive
 
May 27, 2009    
Point Wells Oil Spill Draft -Restoration Plan Available for Public Comment
 
May 19, 2009    
Interior Secretary Salazar Awards More than $61 Million to Help Wildlife
 
May 18, 2009    
Let's Go Outside Campaign to Connect People with Nature and Create Image Mosaic
 
May 15, 2009    
Service Completes 5-Year Review for Western Lily
 
May 14, 2009    
Oregon Chub Proposed for Reclassification of Listing Status on Endangered Species Day
 
May 13, 2009    
Fish and Wildlife Service Celebrates Endangered Species Day
 
May 11, 2009    
Clackamas Woman Sentenced for Illegally Importing Protected Leopard Skins
 
May 8, 2009    
Secretary Salazar Presents Partners in Conservation Awards
 
May 7, 2009    
$12 Billion Interior Budget Focuses on New Energy Frontier, Climate Impacts, America's Treasured Landscapes, a 21st Century Youth Conservation Corps, and Native American Communities
 
May 7, 2009    
International Migratory Bird Day 2009 Celebrates "Birds in Culture"
 
May 6, 2009    
Barns and Bluegrass Event at Finley NWR on Saturday, May 9th
 
May 6, 2009    
Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of the American Pika
 
May 5, 2009    
Eight Pacific Region Refuges Loan Binoculars and Field Guides to Visitors
 
May 5, 2009    
Nature Phototgrapher, Dudley Edmondson, Brings Urban Nature into Focus at Oaks Bottom's 2009 Festival of the Birds
 
May 4, 2009    
Wolf radio-collared and released in eastern Oregon
 
May 1, 2009    
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Seeks Applications
 
April 29, 2009    
Columbia, McNary and Toppenish National Wildlife Refuges Celebrate International Migratory Bird Day 2009!
 
April 28, 2009    
Mother and Daughter Sentenced to Jail for Smuggling Monkey from Thailand
 
April 28, 2009    
Salazar and Locke Restore Scientific Consultations under the Endangered Species Act to Protect Species and their Habitats
 
April 27, 2009    
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces 94 Projects in Pacific Region Under President's Economic Recovery Plan
 
April 23, 2009    
Oregon Governor's Fund for the Environment Awards More Than $290,000 in Grants
 
April 22, 2009    
Earth Day 2009: Ten Things You Can Do for Wildlife
 
April 22, 2009    
Sea Level Rise Simulations Are Now Available Online
 
April 21, 2009    
Interior Secretary Salazar Announces Award of $9 million in Grants to States for Imperiled Species Conservation
 
April 20, 2009    
FWS Announces $13.4 Million in Grants to Washington in Support of Land Acquisition and Conservation Planning for Endnagered Species
 
April 20, 2009    
Fish and Wildlife Service Provides $1 Million in Land Acquisition Funds to Hawaii
 
April 20, 2009    
Secretary Salazar Announces $2.64 Million in Grants to Support Land Acquisition and Conservation Planning for Endangered Species in Oregon
 
April 20, 2009    
Pacific Region Tribes Receive Nearly $1 Million in Federal Grants for Conservation Projects
 
April 17, 2009    
Redding, California Man Sentenced for Poaching Trophy Bull Elk
 
April 17, 2009    
Revised Recovery Plan for 'Alala Released
 
April 16, 2009    
Pintail Boardwalk Reopens Following Second Arson Fire at Ankeny NWR
 
April 15, 2009    
Fish and Wildlife Service Confirms Sheep Depredation Near Baker City caused by a Wolf or Wolves
 
April 8, 2009    
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Announces Major Boating Grants for 11 States
 
March 23, 2009    
Fish and Wildlife Service to Reopen Public Comment Period on Coastal Cutthroat Trout
 
March 20, 2009    
FWS Announces Endangered Species Recovery Champion Awards
 
March 20, 2009    
FWS's Only Horticulturist Named National Wildlife Refuge System's Employee of the Year
 
March 20, 2009    
U.S. Army Garrison Hawai'i Receives National Conservation Award
 
March 19, 2009    
Spalding's Catchfly Remains Threatened
 
March 19, 2009    
MacFarlane's Four-O'clock Remains Threatened
 
March 19, 2009    
Secretary Salazar Releases Study Showing Widespread Declines In Bird Populations
 
March 17, 2009    
Rare Moloka'i Plant Receives Federal Protection
 
March 17, 2009    
New Slickspot Peppergrass Information Available for Public Review and Comment
 
March 16, 2009    
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Review Status of 103 Hawaiian Species
 
March 12, 2009    
Four Arrested in Killings of Eagles and other Protected Birds
 
March 11, 2009    
Secretary Salazar Announces $26 Million for Wetlands Grants, Nearly $12 Million for Refuge Acquisitions Benefiting Migratory Waterfowl
 
March 9, 2009    
Critical habitat proposed for endangered 3-inch long Willamette Valley fish
 
March 6, 2009    
Secretary Salazar Affirms Decision to Delist Gray Wolves in Western Great Lakes, Portion of Northern Rockies
 
February 24, 2009    
Pacific Region States Receive $57 Million for Fish and Wildlife Projects
 
February 24, 2009    
Revised Critical Habitat Designated for Canada Lynx
 
February 20, 2009    
Baskett Slough NWR Loans Binoculars and Field Guides to Visitors
 
February 17, 2009    
German National Arrested for Smuggling Coral from the Philippines
 
February 17, 2009    
Public Input Requested for Environmental Impact Statement
 
February 11, 2009    
Public Comments Sought on Proposal to Revise Critical Habitat for Marbled Murrelet
 
February 11, 2009    
Public Asked to Comment on Monitoring Plan and Proposal to Remove Hawaiian Hawk from Endangered Species List
 
February 10, 2009    
This Valentines Day Fall in Love with Nature
 
February 5, 2009    
Endangered Species Act Protections for 165 Petitioned Species Not Warranted
 
February 3, 2009    
Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge Celebrates 100th Anniversary
 
January 29, 2009    
Draft Agreement to Protect Northern Idaho Ground Squirrel Available for Public Review and Comment
 
January 23, 2009    
Snag Boat Bend Bridge Temporarily Closed
 
January 22, 2009    
Public Meetings Scheduled on the Proposal to Remove the Hawaiian Hawk from Endangered Species List
 
January 15, 2009    
Land Acquisition Approved for Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge
 
January 14, 2009    
Service Removes Western Great Lakes, Portion of Northern Rocky Mountain Gray Wolf Populations from Endangered Species List
 
January 13, 2009    
Proposed Rule Clarifies Hunting Rule Changes at National Wildlife Refuges
 
January 8, 2009    
Acting FWS Director Announces New Leadership for Refuges, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs